⏳ STLduJour(nal) - 2021-259-AM Edition

The wife is working from home with a fever edition. New Police Reports (not scrambled, pdf), @geerlingguy wins well-deserved award.

Events 📆

• Das Bevo hosts Oktoberfest from September 16–19 - St. Louis Magazine
• Top 5 events in St. Louis this weekend: September 17–19 - St. Louis Magazine
• The best food and drink events in St. Louis this weekend: Sept. 17-19 - feastmagazine.com
• NASCAR Cup Series coming to World Wide Technology Raceway in 2022 - FOX 2
• NASCAR Cup Series is coming to St. Louis in 2022 - St. Louis Magazine
• It’s official: NASCAR Cup series race heading to WWT Raceway - stltoday.com
• The Allman Family Revival featuring the Allman Betts Band coming to the Factory - stltoday.com
• New dinosaur exhibit coming to St. Louis Science Center Oct. 30 - stltoday.com

BuySTL 👜

• St. Louis-based meal delivery company Rootberry partners with Dierbergs Markets - The St. Louis Business Journal

Restaurants 🍲

• Popular St. Louis County restaurant closing after 19 years - KSDK

DIY 🪓

• $150 “Qux” gadget sure looks a lot like this generic Linux TV box that wholesalers list for $15 - Boing Boing
• Announcing the latest Open Source Peer Bonus winners - Google Open Source Blog

Sustainability ♻️

• Democrats are negotiating a once-in-a-decade climate plan - Grist
• Mapping the world’s shipping lanes. This map shows… - Maps on the Web
• SLU, Harris-Stowe double-down on geospatial industry with new programs, efforts to bolster - stltoday

Wildlife 🦝

• Hellbenders - STLZoo
• Neighbors left scratching their heads after big cat sighting in Monroe County, Illinois - KSDK

STL99 😱

• Man attacked after hitting biker riding wheelie on a St. Louis street Saturday - KSDK
• 2 moms pull out guns during argument at Hazelwood elementary school - KSDK
• Spire’s fight to save gas pipeline has high stakes as winter approaches - stltoday.com
• Map shows major shifts in St. Louis City neighborhood populations - FOX 2

Crime 🗯

• 16-year-old girl identified as victim in deadly St. Louis County shooting - KSDK
• Riverview man charged with killing one man, paralyzing another in double shooting - stltoday.com
• Bail agents who grabbed St. Peters woman face federal kidnapping charge - stltoday.com
• FOX Files: Investigators believe people found dead in burned-out home, died after fire in north St. Louis County - FOX 2

Police 🚓

• Online Daily Crimes and Happenings Report - SLMPD
• Can anyone access the SLMPD daily crime reports? They all appear as scrambled code to me. - r/StLouis
• Twelve St. Louis County Police Department Members Test Positive For COVID-19 Since August 19 - RiverBender
• (You dont see this every day) “Police officer pulls gun on horse and rider at Ballpark Village” - r/StLouis

STL100 💯

• Back-to-School Safety: Lookout and Stop for Our Kids - The Hill Saint Louis
• 5 new ways to stay connected from St. Louis Public Library - St. Louis Magazine
• Bright lights, bigger sweep: Surging Cardinals thump Mets, 11-4, to increase lead for NL’s second wild card - stltoday.com
• Chuck Berry’s grandsons are keeping rock pioneer’s legacy alive - stltoday.com

r/StLouis

• Best Restaurants in Downtown - r/StLouis
• Tourist Question - r/StLouis
• At Home COVID Vaccination - r/StLouis
• Moving from VA to St Louis in a few months - what are the main grocery stores in the area? - r/StLouis

History 🦕

• Holleman: When it comes to checking the tape, Frank Absher leads the way - stltoday.com
• Looking Back: St. Louis Is Full of Hot Air - History Happens Here

DotGov 🏛

• What was it all for? Looking back on military service in Afghanistan | Opinion - Missouri Independent
• AP: How many Afghanistan evacuees are heading for Missouri? - FOX 2

CityGov 🏛

• No medical, dental care at St. Louis workhouse, officials say - stltoday.com
• Want an earnings tax refund? File your own lawsuit, city says - stltoday.com
• RFP for Targeted Cash Assistance - City of St. Louis Procurement Opportunities
• FY 2021 HUD Continuum of Care Program Joint Request for Proposals New Homeless Housing and Services Projects - City of St. Louis Procurement Opportunities
• BB 89 - Update to Excise Laws - City of Saint Louis : Board Bills
• BB 90 - Change in the Boundary of Zoning District Map - City of Saint Louis : Board Bills
• BB 91 - An ordinance amending the text of the zoning code chapter 26.84.050 to ensure the Board of Adjustment consider compliance with the City’s Comprehensive Plan in its decision-making process - City of Saint Louis : Board Bills
• BB 92 - An ordinance amending the text of the Administration code chapter 3.48.070 to allow the Board of Aldermen to override a negative recommendation of the planning commission for a zoning ordinance or zoning district map only by a two-thirds majority vot - City of Saint Louis : Board Bills
• BB 93 - An Ordinance recommended by the Planning Commission on August 18, 2021, to change the zoning of property as indicated on the District Map, from the “J” Industrial District and the “K” Unrestricted District to the “H” Area Commercial District, in City - City of Saint Louis : Board Bills
• BB 94 - The proposed bill will establish a two-way stop site at the intersection of Bates Street and Leona Street regulating all traffic traveling east bound and west bound on Bates Street. The bill contains an emergency clause. - City of Saint Louis : Board Bills
• BB 95 - The Transparency, Ethics, and Accountability in City Hall (TEACH) - City of Saint Louis : Board Bills
• BB 96 - Board bill establishes additional requirements, including but not limited to insurance, fencing/gating, lighting and security plans for surface parking lots in the City of St. Louis. - City of Saint Louis : Board Bills
• BB 97 - Chapter 99 Redevelopment Plan and Blighting Study for the 4900-4914 Gravois Ave. & 4266 Delor St. Redevelopment Area. - City of Saint Louis : Board Bills

LocalGov 🏛

• St. Louis County Passes Vaccine Mandate For Employees - News Blog, Riverfront Times
• Khan ‘reprimanded’ for gesture to crowd after tense County Council meeting, Page says - stltoday.com
• YouTube blocks, then unblocks, a St. Louis County Council meeting recording - stltoday.com
• Update: County to use new platform after COVID comments caused concern - FOX 2

MoGov 🏛

• Missouri to receive 1,200 Afghan evacuees from first group - KSDK
• Senate Hopeful Flexes Power of AG’s Office through Lawsuits - The Big 550 KTRS
• GOP lawmaker blasts Missouri governor’s veto of funding to combat child sex abuse - Missouri Independent
• Parson fends off veto override attempts amid Republican infighting in Missouri Senate - stltoday.com
• Missouri Dept. of Health & Senior Services considering change to school quarantine guidance - KSDK

99MO

• Illinois boasts about more custom St. Louis Cardinals plates than Missouri - FOX 2
• Missouri businesses, protesters slam Biden’s vaccine mandate - KSDK
• Class action settlement could pay you for buying chicken in the last decade - KSDK

FedGov 🏛

Covid19 Info 🦠

• Sixth child dies of COVID-19 in Missouri - FOX 2
• Half of St. Louis County population now fully vaccinated against COVID - FOX 2
• List: COVID testing sites in the St. Louis area - KSDK
• Jackson-Jennings named managing director of COVID response team - stlamerican.com
• As ER’s struggle with high patient loads, here’s where you should get a COVID test - KSDK

Jobs 📄

City Jobs

• Animal Care Technician - APA Adoption Center
• Jobs Fair To Be Held In Madison County Next Week - RiverBender

Captain’s Blog 🏴‍☠️

• 1977 Chevrolet K5 Blazer Cheyenne Chalet Camper - Bring a Trailer
• DoorDash Sues New York City (Again), This Time Over Customer Data - Eater NY - All
• Here’s Norm Macdonald’s brilliant bit on cancer, a decade before it killed him - Boing Boing
• kbar - CSS-Tricks
• In 1664 the Dutch city of New Amsterdam was surrendered to the… - Maps on the Web
• HelloFresh Workers Are Unionizing the Booming Meal-Kit Industry - VICE US
• Outer, D2C outdoor furniture brand, secures $50M Series B funding to spur expansion and materials development - TechCrunch
• Objects at the Solar System’s Edge Are Being Influenced by Something Mysterious - VICE US
• Has Apple hit a wall with the A15 processor? (Macworld/Jason Snell) - Six Colors
• My view of the SpaceX launch tonight! I’ve seen the Space Shuttle, Delta Heavy and many other things, but this is an absolute first! - Reddit Home
• SpaceX Launches 4 Amateurs on Private Earth-circling Trip - The Big 550 KTRS